Gage.



' sw. LADD.

`@15mn l APPLICATION (FILED J'UIE 1i, 1900. s 976,269 Patented Nov. 22,1910.

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SHERMAN W. LADD, OF BEVERLY, MASSAOI'USEIl-TS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEWIJERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed June 14, 1900. Serial No. 20,329.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. SHERMAN W. Lann, of Beverly7 county oi llssex, and State ot l\'lassaeliusetts, have invented an Improvement in Gages, of which the following deseription, in eoni'ieetion with the accompany-- pegging machines for pegging boots and shoes, to guide .the sole of the shoe dui-ino;

the operation otdriving the diterent rows of pegs; although it may obviously be used to advantage in other machines Where :in edge gage is required to determine the position of'th'e operating devices vwith relation to 'the -work where the said operating devices are to perform their operations in parallel row-s. v

It. is essential in a gage ot' this kind that the gageqiroper lshould always move uniforinly` when shifted, and that it should be positively held in the desired position; and the most effectual method of Controlling the gage as heretofore Constructed is therefore by means of'a fixed stop to determine one position, and a movable stop to determine the other position, and a spring to -eause the gagefto travel toward the fixed stop vvhen theinovable stop i'S manipulated. `W'hile twqrjiositions may be obtained vin this way,

itis' 'desirable in some rases that the gage' .eordanee' with the present vinvention by 'i gage lprovided wit-h s Called' the twotli'e'otli'e'r of twol positions, upon a stationary part 'of the niaehiii'e with relation to which said twolway -gage' isrniovable asa Whole, and 'providing ythe said stationary lpart with a. coi'itro'lling device whereby the said and its two-Way mechanism' are 'permitted to be moved tol definite positions with relation to said stationarvpart ofthe'linaehine.

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The two-way gage may be constructed and arranged to operate in any suitable or usual way, and tor eoi'ivenienee a tivo-Way ,gage oi' substantially the Construction shown in the patent to Davey and Ladd No. 581,066 dated April Qt), i597, is herein shown as used in eonjni'uzt ion with and formingr a part of the three way gage embodying; the present invention. ln :woord-.nice with the invention. the said t\vo-\vay gage is so coinbined with :i lined part ot the machine as to be movable with relation thereto.y being slioivn as actuated in suoli movement b'y a spring; or its equivalent. and boing controlled by suitable stops having provision for ad-l justment to vary the amount of throw. The two-ivay gage i'neehanisin is similarly adjustable, and a further feature of the invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement whereby the several parts may be eoinpaelly located and the adjustments eii'eeted without interfering with each other.

Figure l is a. lront'.- elevation o'l a gage embodying the invention; Fig. 2 a side elevation of the saine; Fig. 3 a horizontal sertion on the line uf of Fig. 2; and Fig. i a horizontal section on the line :etui-(Fig, 2.

rllie rage propere is shown as a. Wheel adapted to engage the edge ol" the iiiziterial to be operated upon, the said wheel being mounted on a shank o? which is longitudi nally movable viii a guide i'rainefa. .lhe said shank is shown as provided 4with slots at (dotted lines Fig. i.) through wliieheigtend bolts or screws a. threaded in the under side of a slide of' the said bolts and slots pro- 'ridingr means Jfor initial adjusti'i'ient with relatioirto the vtraine of the .n'iziehine The said slide r1.5 is longitudinally niofable iii the ,traine o and arranged to be aeted upon by a spring d, shown as having a liearingiii a .suitable sot-het at the end ofthe said Jframe and arranged to exert its pressure ,against totlie artioii of the spring isl liinitedxby;

-ineans ot' a. pin or projection o ext-ending downwardl from the 4frame a and entering a sloto9 in the slide at", the movement ofthe said slide being th'uslimitedby the stop which is 'adapted 4to engage the wall of the slota".

'.to provide for, two positions ot' the gage, the slide a? s shown as provided with a. cam

bloelr al adapted to cooperate Witlrtlie connected with the frame a3.

end of a lever am having an operating liandle or thumb piece als, the end ofthe saidlever being adapted to ride alon the cani surface of the block al", movingit e slide a against the stress of the spring a6 until the end of the said lever reachesv the shoulder a vwhich is so positioned that the slide and the lever a" is arranged toghe shifted, the saidfulcrum being shown as formed in a swinging arm al pivoted at Val7 to the frame a3 and having an adjusting screw als adapted to lock the said arm in any desired position in a retaining device al?, shown as an arm provided with a curved slot, said` arm being The rearward movement is limited by the sto as.

.The mechanism for contro ling the two positions of the gage as thus far described is substantially the same as. thatshown in the .Davey and Ladd patent above referred to, but it is to be understood that any suitable means for'controlling the tw'o positions of the gage may be utilized without departing from the present invention, which consists mainly in the combination with vauch means of devices for obtaining a third posi- 'tion of the gage proper'when three lines of.

work are to; be performed on thev same material. To accomplish this, the'two-way gage above described, or its equivalent, instead of being fixed with relation tothe frame ofthe machine is movable with relation thereto, its frame a being mounted on a slide b longitudinally movable in an undercut iiide groove in a frame bt, which v is adapte to be connected with the ytrame work of the machine so as to be immovable with relation thereto,v The `said slide b is bored to receive springs 7j* and pinsbf against which the said springs bear, the said pins in turn bearing against a plate b5 se?l cured to thc end of -the trameb2, the tendency ofi'the said springs being to move the slide b rearward with v relation to the frame ln oi'der to' cause such movement to take place when desired, the frame 7)? 'is provided with a controlling lever if pivoted' G ed on the pin OrprojeCtion a which extends upward through the -slide l). The normal positionof the said lever c is determined byl 'a plate c secured to the side of the frame b and adapted to be engaged by a part e of' thelever o which part is so shaped that the end of the lever will, whenthe lever is in said normal position, engage the roll b at a point in line with the springs b, thus holding the slide b in a definite position with relation to the frame of the machine, which position is not variable by adjustment. U pon shifting the said lever, the extent of rearward movement ofthe slide is controlled by the enga ement of the roll bwith the inclined sur ace c3 ofthe lever, it -beingobvious that the greater the movementofthe lever from its 'normal position the greater will be the movement of the slide b. To adjustthe throw of the slide, therefore, the handlel portion of the lever o'is adapted to bring up against the end of the plate c* (See dotted lines, Fig. v3). which is 4'secured by a screw c extendingI into the frame b2 through a slot G7, so that by loosening the said screw the plate can belongitudinally adjusted and then locked, The position of said plate, therefore, determines the extent of movement of the lever, as shown i-n Fig. 3,

where the normal and abnormal positions of the lever are shown in full and dotted lines respectively, varyingA the point of engagement ofthe roll be with the inclined surface c3, and thereby valso varying the extent 'of movement of the slide Z) from its normal position, For convenience the frame b2 is provided with a mark 712 and the plate n* is provided with marks om so that the various positions can be casi-ly determined by moving the plate until the niark 52 and any one of the marks 01 are in alinement willi each other. It will be seen that by this arrangement the adjusting device for the two-waygage and the adjusting device which controls -the third position of the git-ge do not in any way interfere with each other. and are both readily accessible so that 'the adjustment can be made without trouble.

, ranged that. when litis in its normal position (full lines Fig. 3) the roll L upon the gage slide ywill he atI a definite distance'troin lUC' the point where the lever is pivoted the said gage slide thus having one position whichv cannot be varied by ad] ustineiit.v The foi'- wai-d position of 'the limiting stop 18' lfor the gage slidelfi, wliiilris connected with thi` `slide is thus definitely fixed with rela.- tiou' to the frame of the machine, this stop when in said forward position determiningtheintermediate position of the gage slide,-

the v:'iiljiistnientof one Icontrolln'ig device .varying the movement of Ithe gage slide from said 'stop in one direction while the ad- :'o 1

jiistment of tl'ie other controlling device varies tile nloreineni Oi: illey gage slide frein ille position normallyr nieternlineil ily slliil slop, ille stop traveling' with tlle gage ill Ille other direction` In other words.. wllell liligflge proper L in posil'ion sllown in Fie'. l. tlle manipulation of ille handle nl permits ille said o travel lint-li toy tile llol'tell lille position Wllere ii is arrested ily ille sion ai", illis being ille internleilizlte gllginfg position ll'lliell always 'ille saline relative -to ille llnlelline for ille reason tlllll ille position of tile stop l is controlledL ily' t'lle leler fA ll'lliell pivoterl lo the stationary llllrt of ille ironie oi' tile ll'lllclline. 'iflle glgze llllrlY tllen lle nloved lo ils l'llird position b r inalnipnlnting ille lever w. lvlliell perllii's ille, slide ,if towlliell 'l'lle slop fr is eenneetei'l ,+o more llllel, ille Slide. stop and ginge traveling iogeiller io tiieposition determined lli ille kinlll position of ille lever rwllicll nosi'ion is valrizlllle :ls previously described. Tlleoiljllsllllenls zlre lllereiq'ore enlilely inllepenilenl ol nell oi'ller? llllile ille initizll adjustment provided 'for by tile slots u in ille sllllnk o2 elln lle illude rolll lln illlerllleilizlie posiiioll of 'llle grigie sllnle lvill relation to ille ollerzllire illlrs of ille lnzlelline.

in ille operation of tile device Vfor setting' tllree rows of pegs ille gllgeisoriginzllly set as slloll'll in Fie's. l :lnfll 2, zlnil in llllll lines Figi. l, ils position lleillgf ille nellresl' of .lll lo ille work support so :ls lo control llle posiiion of ille ollter row of pegs or silelles or ille like. lll'llen ill lllis position ille springs llre :lll eolllpresseil rezlily lo nel. so tllzlt Wllen ille inge is o lle sllil'lml to its second or inierlnelillie posiion, ille lllovenlent of ille lel'er (noses lle sziill gage ro snella into llllnee wllere ii is posiiix'ely llel l ily ille, slop a". lllzllV is. illio ille internlmlillie posiiion lironl \\lliell ille :liljnslniellis :ire nlmle. Hilllilllrly, when ille gage is lo lle slll'teil io iis lliril l'losiiolln ille nlol'enleni of the lever r- 'llerllliis ille sliile f'r nml ille gllgfe elli'- riml llerelly To snmp into ille position eoliirollel'l lli' ille szliil leler f'. llere -being no possibility in :lily ol' ille said morenlenl's. of lnisinlie on ille, llzlriy of 4ille, operllior. Tile llevice, therefore`r is nlore readily' lnll lli-'cnrzliely ollrzleil 'llllln lrolilil lle nossillle il" `Ille ginge were provided wil'll :l single colltrolling liel'iee arranged to lle slloressireljy' sei in (lill'ereni llosilions, in wllii'll insl'izllli-e il would lle nerwsllrv lor ille operator to exeri-ise rllro unil jlliignleni'ellell linie lle moved illi,I finge.

lli is tolle llllilorsi'ooil lilzfli tile illl'eniion is not lillliiwl lo tlle speeilie construction und :ll-rangement ol' instrnlnenl'zllilies ill wllii-ll ity is sllon'll :is emllorliell? lille invenlioll rollsisingA lnzlinly ill ille eonlllillzllion with o, lwo-y wlly gege, ol :l eonlrollingldevice for leiermining` ille position of said gage as :l Wllole,

l living ollnizlllllle. l l -l Vll'itll relxllioll lo smid nlorzlllle lrzlllle slide wlliell is :llwllys ille i l lliril posilon for ille gnk-ge proper illus Claims.

l. in :l gage for :l nlzlelline, :l 'ironie inorllllle witil relation to ille lllllsflline:l :l enge slide nlorllllle in sllid irllnle irolll one operlltife posi'ion lo nnoiller: n oonrollini; ile- \iee .l'llelelrv said alge sliil'e muy lle lllolfell 'from one lo tile other of sniil oper-fluire posiiions; und ineens for slliiingl ille szliil lllovllille irlln'le :lnll tile gage sliile rzlrriea! lllerelly from one lo ille oller of two posiions relaiill'e lo ille llilwllille` sllllslzllliilllly lls liescribed.

i. )L nlol-'llllle 'rilnle :lnil :l gage longituiiinolljy nlovzlllle illerein; :l eolllrollingl leriee llerelly ille szliai gage null' lle slli'lfiei wilil relaiion lo szliil niorzlllle ifrnllle lrolll one lo ille other of two opel'lli'ilfe positions; und :l sizliionllry irllnle for ille slliil lllovzlllle frllnle provided with nlezins iol.' shifting ille said movable ifrllnle llnii ille gage carried thereby from one o ille other' of awo operzllive positions reluiive to suini stationary ironie.

3. 'llle eoinllinzlion rfiill o lnol'nlile iframe; of :l ino-wily gage nloirn'eii llefeil g ll silllionary lrzllne for smid illomllle Tranne; :i Stop connected willi sllibl nlovllille frzllllej. al

'lever'suppone-il on sziill srllilionllry freine and :ul-[lined to engage ci sioln ille position of sind leves' aie'tern'unnlg llie, position of ille movable lrlnle; unil :ln adjustable l sion lo (leterlllille ille posii'ion of sllixl lever.

i. 'llle eollllinlltion with :l stop; zi twowzly gage sglrin pressed towuiwl said slop;

:in :afl nszlllle, eonel'olling f leviee for illol'ing said 4 ige zllvflja sloi :nul nlelxns gli ge, :ls sei ville 1ro; ,l illi'rci jlliilsii'ionv of ille i'orlll.

5. rille eonlllillzlion 'll'iill n. slop; oi :l Lwowiy gage :spring pressed 'owllral said sion; .i lsrleille oonl'rolling iieviee ll moving' l ge silvzly from szlill slop: :i lellllling; ilel'ire for nollnzllljy' re ,inin simi slop in l cleiniie posiion willi .Lllioil o ille lollcllille but llillliliezi "lo nel "t, :l lllovonlent thereof zlllzly i'rolll slirlri osiion; :inni lll-,zins i'oloiljnstiilg; slliil rellliilinjg (lerici: io lill jv' lle extent of sllell lllorenlell oi" szliii sion.

i3. El lllree-ll'zrv gage lllwillg :i releilsllllle gege-1^; r slide illovnllle lomlrii :infl lironl fit in either direction from said position when re'- leased, and means `for varying the extent of such movement in either direction.

8. A three-Way gage having a releasable gage-carrying slide movable toward 4and from a Work support, means including a movable stop arrangedV to automatically arrest theV slide in a non-variable intermediate position when it is released and permitted to move away from the-Work support, and means to move the slide and stop to cause the gage to assume a third position.

9. A gage mechanism comprising a releasable gage-carrying slide, a stop, means to automatically move the slide when released SHERMAN W. LADD.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. LIvERuoRE, NANCY P. Fono. 

